This tale reminds me again that current news, trendy topics and fresh anecdotes aren’t always more interesting, informative ...

On December 20, 1943, pilot Charlie Brown struggled to keep his heavily damaged B-17 airborne after a mission over Germany. German fighter ace Franz Stigler intercepted the crippled bomber, yet ...

Follow the rise of Egon Meyer, a 22-year-old German pilot who would become one of WWII’s deadliest aces. From his first kills over France to his unmatched skill against the RAF’s legendary Spitfires, ...

Investigators believe the plane’s engine failed midflight, causing it to clip a tree and crash near Dotsero, according to the ...

Open letter to Pete Haggis, I mean Pete Hegseth: Hey, Pete. I know you like shooting boats in the water and also the survivors in the water. I suggest you read about Franz Stigler. He is best known ...

Toxic fumes leaking into commercial aircraft cabins are being blamed for catastrophic outcomes among flight crews — including fatal heart attacks, neurodegenerative disease, suicides and life-altering ...

An American Airlines pilot, Ron Weiland was 54 years old and in good physical shape when he mysteriously lost his ability to play ping pong. During a game with his wife and two neighbors in October ...

The holiday song "Snoopy's Christmas" by The Royal Guardsmen is inspired by the real-life Christmas Truce of 1914. During World War I, German and British soldiers spontaneously ceased fighting on ...

Roland “Bud” Wolfe’s yen to fly hot airplanes for the British against Nazi Germany before the U.S. declared war landed him in an Irish jail — twice — making him the only American held in what was one ...

A plane landed at Colorado's Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport without a pilot's help on Saturday in what appears to be the first real-world use of new safety technology. According to Garmin, their ...

Doug Myers is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime journalist, Doug has worked for four newspapers in Texas and Louisiana and for three television stations in Texas. He has also spent ...

On Nov. 7, 1944, the convergence of both forces in Central Europe led to the only documented direct combat between American and Soviet forces in history. American P-38 Lightning fighters attacked what ...